12.1% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Calen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Calen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of residents take on unpaid roles in Calen, with only 12.1% of people volunteering. This suggests a community where few people have the time or a local organisation to support compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 12.1%, the rate is a little below both the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care here than in most other areas. Only 20.6% care for children, which is well below the Queensland figure of 26.5%, and 18.2% do over 15 hours of housework weekly.
10.9% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Around 2.1% of people in Calen have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8% and slightly below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Calen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30484/calen/topic/community